Topic: PHOTO - on March 1, 2009 at 11:55:00 AM CET
Surveillance Incarnate
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 1, 2009 at 11:53:00 AM CET
State bill would decriminalize possession of less than an ounce of marijuana
John Carusello has sold pipes and related products for 30 years at his Lakewood Road shop, and he would love to see his customers put those products to use without fear of jail.
"We sell everything for tobacco," Carusello said, carefully, from behind a counter stocked with glass pipes in a wide range of colors, shapes and sizes. What goes in those pipes when the customers go home, Carusello said, is not his business. "We don't ask."
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 1, 2009 at 11:50:00 AM CET
Former cop: Legalizing drugs will help fight gang violence
Legalize and regulate drugs, or look to Mexico for our future.
That's what one 28-year veteran Vancouver Police officer is saying about the ongoing wave of gang violence in Metro Vancouver.
Tony Smith says keeping drugs illegal will only lead to more murders.
Smith says he isn't the only one who thinks this way.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 1, 2009 at 11:49:00 AM CET
CDU-Politiker mit Heroin erwischt
Verdacht auf Drogenhandel: Ein CDU-Politiker wurde in Baden-Württemberg von der Polizei verhaftet, in seiner Wohnung fanden sich 80 Gramm für den Verkauf abgepacktes Heroingemisch und mehr als 5000 Euro - jetzt sitzt er in Untersuchungshaft.
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Topic: FUN - on March 1, 2009 at 11:47:00 AM CET
Karikaturist Deix: "Mir ging's nur um die Weiber"
Spießer sind gezeichnet - vom Scharfsinn des Karikaturisten Manfred Deix. Seit Jahrzehnten nimmt der Künstler bürgerliche Unarten aufs Korn. Im SPIEGEL-ONLINE-Interview spricht er über Provokationslust, Sex als kreativen Motor und das Grauen des Alterns.
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Topic: Green - on March 1, 2009 at 11:43:00 AM CET
MIT Unveils 90 MPH Solar Race Car
MIT's latest solar race car might look like a funky Ikea table with a hump, but don't laugh. It'll do 90 mph and is packed with technology that may end up in the hybrids and EVs the rest of us will soon be driving.
The university's Solar Electric Vehicle Team, the oldest such team in the country, unveiled the $243,000 carbon-fiber racer dubbed Eleanor on Friday and is shaking the car down to prepare for its inaugural race later this year.
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